Appendix A-2
NCATE
2000 UNIT STANDARDS
These
standards were adopted by the NCATE Unit Accreditation Board
on
March
31, 2000
and
were ratified by the NCATE Executive Board on May 11, 2000.
These
standards will be required for all visits, beginning in Fall
2001.
I.
CANDIDATE PERFORMANCE
Standard
1. Candidate
Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions
Candidates(1)
preparing to work in schools as teachers or other professional
school personnel know and demonstrate the content, pedagogical,
and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary
to help all students(2) learn. Assessments indicate that
candidates meet professional, state, and institutional(3)
standards.
Standard
2.
Assessment System and Unit Evaluation
The
unit has an assessment system that collects and analyzes data
on the applicant qualifications, the candidate and graduate
performance, and unit operations to evaluate and improve the
unit and its programs.
II.
UNIT CAPACITY
Standard
3.
Field Experiences and Clinical Practice
The
unit and its school partners design, implement, and evaluate
field experiences and clinical practices so that teacher candidates
and other school personnel develop and demonstrate the knowledge,
skills, and dispositions necessary to help all students learn.
Standard
4.
Diversity
The
unit designs, implements, and evaluates curriculum and experiences
for candidates to acquire and apply the knowledge, skills,
and dispositions necessary to help all students learn. These
experiences include working with diverse higher education
and school faculty, diverse candidates, and diverse students
in P-12 schools.
Standard
5.
Faculty Qualifications, Performance, and Development
Faculty
are qualified and model best professional practices in scholarship,
service, and teaching, including the assessment of their own
effectiveness as related to candidate performance; they also
collaborate with colleagues in the disciplines and schools.
The unit systematically evaluates faculty performance and
facilitates professional development.
Standard
6.
Unit Governance and Resources
The
unit has the leadership, authority, budget, personnel, facilities,
and resources, including information technology resources,
for the preparation of candidates to meet professional, state,
and institutional standards.
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(1)
Candidates include person preparing
to teach, teachers who are continuing their professional development,
and person preparing for other professional roles in schools
such as principals, school psychologists, and school library
media specialists.
(2)
"All students" includes
students with exceptionalities and of different ethnic, racial,
gender, language, religious, socioeconomic, and regional/geographical
origins.
(3)
Institutional standards
are reflected in the unit's conceptual framework and include
candidate proficiencies.
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